Countries
Myanmar
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Iran
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Thai Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Pali Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3334
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3326
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Salam
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
chone tao?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
jawáin sawáh
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
bye
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
440,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Intha
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Burma
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
90,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Baluchi
French Name
birman
baloutchi
German Name
Birmanisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1113 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Balochi
Language Position
4339
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
bal
ISO 639 2/B
bur
bal
ISO 639 3
mya
bal
ISO 639 6
mya
bal
Glottocode
sout3159
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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